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19 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70The Hollywood ReporterStephen DaltonThe Hollywood ReporterStephen DaltonKill Your Friends remixes a brutally funny novel into an entertaining if somewhat familiar big-screen tale of amoral, chemically-fuelled decadence.
- 50Screen DailyFionnuala HalliganScreen DailyFionnuala HalliganFor a film about the music business, it’s interesting that Kill Your Friends sticks so faithfully to one note throughout; it’s as if Niven fears any glimpse of humanity might risk the project’s integrity, but the lack of human empathy ultimately becomes this project’s biggest handicap.
- 50Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreThis could have been a lighter picture, sort of a semi-dark Nick Hornby spin on music. That might have been less accurate, but more watchable.
- 50Slant MagazineChristopher GraySlant MagazineChristopher GrayThanks to a strong performance by Nicholas Hoult, all reptilian sinew and heroin-chic vacuity, it keeps threatening to become more dynamic and self-critical than its final result.
- 40The GuardianBenjamin LeeThe GuardianBenjamin LeeThe difficulty with black comedy is avoiding overkill and Kill Your Friends is a dictionary definition of the word.
- 40VarietyAndrew BarkerVarietyAndrew BarkerThe film has its razor-sharp grace notes and a seductive stylishness, neither of which can override its relentlessly adolescent worldview.
- 40CineVueBen NicholsonCineVueBen NicholsonIt's a rancid cocktail of misogyny, homophobia, and much more besides, that never convinces as scathing satire as much as back-slapping celebration.
- 40EmpireDavid HughesEmpireDavid HughesNicholas Hoult does his best to bring Niven's weapons-grade scumbag to life, in a film hobbled by amateurish acting and absence of production value.
- For 100 minutes, Kill Your Friends apes a myriad of styles, trying to pass off imitation as innovation.
- 25The Film StageChristopher SchobertThe Film StageChristopher SchobertIt is Nicholas Hoult, and Nicholas Hoult only, who keeps one watching. Even here he commands the screen, and shows himself able to carry a film. Next time, perhaps it will be a good one, and not one with such a needlessly tired message.